Traumatic and stressful events in early childhood: Can treatment help those at highest risk?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 504-513

  Ghosh Ippen, Chandra ^a   Harris, William W ^b   Van Horn, Patricia ^a   Lieberman, Alicia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Children's Research and Education Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE; Attachment; Child trauma; Child parent psychotherapy; CPP; Cumulative risk; Dyadic; Posttraumatic stress; Psychodynamic therapy; Randomized controlled trial; Traumatic and stressful life events; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PARENT PSYCHOTHERAPY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRESSION; MOTHER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051815872     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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